F-35 JSF Program “Re-Baselined” for $6.53B More

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Ft. Worth, TX received a $6.53 billion modification to re-baseline the cost-plus-award-fee F-35 Joint Strike Fighter System Development and Demonstration contract (N00019-02-C-3002). That contract was originally awarded on Oct. 26, 2001, for $19 billion. Subsequent modifications have included: * Feb 15, 2002: $59.6 million modification to perform international commonality trade studies and conduct necessary design work directly related to the Joint Strike Fighter Air System Design. * Nov 10, 2003: $602.6 million modification that addresses differences in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) International Partner Version. Lockheed Martin will also implement a manned tactical simulation (MTS) capability, hold MTS events for the international partners on the JSF Program and conduct planning for future efforts and upgrades. * Feb 23, 2004: $9.2 million modification to revise the weapons capabilities in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) systems development and demonstration baseline. * Feb. 24, 2004: $52.4 million modification to remove the Automatic Carrier Landing System function and incorporate the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System in the JSF instead. F-35 JSF The recent modification thus brings total awards under this contract to $26.25 billion. It establishes the funding, technical requirements and schedule required to complete the re-baseline program […]